Asthmatique et diabétique de type relou
English translation: asthmatic and "heavy" type diabetic
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| 3 +3 | asthmatic and "heavy" type diabetic |
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dodgy Explanation: further context needed for verification -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2018-08-05 14:34:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- in the sense - not stabalised - |
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peer agreement (net): +3asthmatic and "heavy" type diabetic Explanation: It's verlan for "lourd". In other words. That's how it comes to mean "a drag": "Relou is ‘verlan’ for lourd (literally ‘heavy’ but used to describe someone who is ‘a drag’)." https://www.frantastique.com/en/french-translation/relou But here I presume it means prone to overweight. I suspect that "type relou (lourd)" may be a way of saying type 2 diabetic: "Almost 90% of people living with type 2 diabetes are overweight or have obesity." http://tosconnect.obesity.org/obesity/content/weight-diabete... I'll leave it to you to decide how to express it :-) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 38 mins (2018-08-05 14:44:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- There a Parisian woman of 41 whose Instagram profile uses this phrase: "FR - 41 years old - 🇫🇷 Paris Lifestyle, Guitar, food, fit, pets, geek, gameuse, pokemon, tattoo, and so many other things. Asthmatique et diabétique de type relou" http://hotsta.net/pikatchat89 I imagine it's a kind of self-deprecating/humorous/euphemistic expression. But I may be misreading it. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 59 mins (2018-08-05 15:05:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The "fat" type 2 vs "thin" type 1 stereotype is not always true, but it is the popular perception: "It's not always clear what type of diabetes someone has, despite what many people think. For instance, the typical assumption is that people with type 2 diabetes will be overweight and not inject insulin, while people with type 1 diabetes will be, if anything, underweight. But these perceptions just aren't always true. Around 20% of people with type 2 diabetes are of a healthy weight when diagnosed, and many of them are dependent on insulin. Similarly, people with type 1 diabetes will in some cases be overweight." https://www.diabetes.co.uk/difference-between-type1-and-type... So as I say I think it's fairly likely that "type lourd" may be simply a way of saying "type 2", rather than literally describing oneself as "heavy"/fat. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2018-08-05 15:22:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Alex could be right; maybe it simply means that the diabetes (and perhaps the asthma as well) is a drag. I may be barking up the wrong tree with the idea of obesity. Then again, the following suggests that Tony could be right and "relou" could mean "lourd" is the sense of "serious": i.e. type 1. It's about driving licences: "Ce décret stipule que les permis définitif ne seront plus délivré aux pathologie de la classe lourde, (diabétique de type 1), (traité par insuline) entre autre que pour être capable de passer le permis nous ne devons pas avoir fait d'hypoglycémie sévère dans les 6 mois précédent l'examen [...] sont classé (1) dans les pathologies lourdes (liste exhaustive) : [...] - diabétiques insulino-dépendant [...] Perso, je pense que ce n'est qu'une histoire de fric, en classant le diabète dans le type "lourd", c'est un moyen de pomper le fric, car ils nous obligent maintenant à consulter des médecins de la lois, des médecins spécialistes (Ophtalmo, cardiologue ect/...) dont les dépassements d'honoraires ne sont régit par aucune loi." http://forum.doctissimo.fr/sante/diabete/conduire-permanent-... " |
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